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... consequences of de- feat . The enemy took prisoners the sick and the wounded , and our own troops were finally obliged precipi . tately to retreat . I do not mean to condemn the conduct of the officers employed either in Spain or Walche ...
... consequences of de- feat . The enemy took prisoners the sick and the wounded , and our own troops were finally obliged precipi . tately to retreat . I do not mean to condemn the conduct of the officers employed either in Spain or Walche ...
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... consequences .. " Lord Grenville followed . " We are now , " said he , " imperiously called upon to institute those inqui- ries which the misconduct of ministers has rendered necessary - a misconduct from which a series of disasters and ...
... consequences .. " Lord Grenville followed . " We are now , " said he , " imperiously called upon to institute those inqui- ries which the misconduct of ministers has rendered necessary - a misconduct from which a series of disasters and ...
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... consequence most deeply responsible for the lives of those brave men who perished there , without the chance of being able to confer any benefit upon their country , which might afford her some consolation under a loss so af- flicting ...
... consequence most deeply responsible for the lives of those brave men who perished there , without the chance of being able to confer any benefit upon their country , which might afford her some consolation under a loss so af- flicting ...
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... consequences might follow while the individual li- ved , the want of fortune was likely to render his successors ... consequence had been most disas- trous ; nor indeed did we yet know the extent of the evil , for our army had been ...
... consequences might follow while the individual li- ved , the want of fortune was likely to render his successors ... consequence had been most disas- trous ; nor indeed did we yet know the extent of the evil , for our army had been ...
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... consequence : this ought to have been known before ; the ground should have been reconnoitred . Both speakers agreed in condemning Lord Wellington . General Tarleton said , that his dispatches were vain - glorious , partial , and ...
... consequence : this ought to have been known before ; the ground should have been reconnoitred . Both speakers agreed in condemning Lord Wellington . General Tarleton said , that his dispatches were vain - glorious , partial , and ...
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